Life begins at the end of your comfort zone – Neale Donald Walsch.

About Wombattle

Wombattle is a nickname. Generally I’m a bit time poor so when I get a chance to ride I like to make the most of it and bang out a decent day’s ride. I’m not bike brand centric, I’ll ride anything. If it’s got two wheels and a motor I want to see how far it can take me in a day.

Some of my favourite rides the the 128,000 kilometres (80,000 miles) I’ve had certified by the Iron Butt Association include

Being the first person in Australia to ride a 125cc motorcycle 1600+ k’s in a day. (since been done by two others on 125’s plus one a modified CT110 and another on a heavily modified CT90 – Amazing rides!)

The current record ride on the smallest bike to be ridden 2000 k’s in one day in Australia CBR125R.

The current record ride on the smallest bike to complete the Australian 100CCC Gold (Newcastle-Perth-Newcastle in less than 100hours) on an unmodified Honda CBR250R

My longest certified ride in one day is Port Augusta SA to Darwin NT (Centreline 24) – 2725kms Honda ST1300A – Ridden as part of a longer ride.

I am a member of the Iron Butt Association and FarRiders. I’ve done 51 individual Iron Butt Rides certified since October 2011. Some rides attracted multiple certifications because of distances and timing.

All the rides listed on this site are documented, witnessed and have either been certified by the IBA, are currently pending certification or are of an IBA distance and verified some other way without certification. An example of the latter would be a Long Distance Rally.

Extreme rides are rides that take most of 24 hours, are more than 48 hours in duration. This doesn’t necessarily coincide with the IBA’s definition, for example I consider riding a 125cc bike 2000km in one day extreme, usually an SS2000K is not considered so.